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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1914
Page
2
Tombstone Epitaph lists a weekly Sunday edition published by Giragi Brothers with a one year and ix months term for single copies noted in the issue.
Admin day observed across the state with many stores open. Mrs Dom Perotti recovers from illness as Mary mile plans development on new Pearce properties. In Gleeson, a hunting party returns with rabbits and a prairie chicken served mulligan style. Bullion shipments resume at Commonwealth mill with 300 ton daily target. Cananea reports quiet. several local figures change directorships at Commonwealth Extension Mining Company amid Bisbee stock sale rumors. Local social visits include Mrs Dalgleish at the Masonic meet in Phoenix and others in Tombstone and Bisbee.
Reports from Prescott detail J T Joheson’s exoneration after being charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. In Tucson, Catrios Chaves pleads guilty to manslaughter for a fatal attack on Jose Lopes, witness testimony noting the unprovoked nature of the assault. The Bisbee mail flush and duty changes ripple through the region as clerical shifts occur.
Sunday night burglars entered the clothing store of NH Cohen in Douglas, stealing goods valued around $1000. A reward of $100 is offered for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.
Baldion of 8 Johns near Tucon Clark warned of gasoline fumes after inspecting a leaking tank at Holbrook. He and J Fred Jobson examined the tank as fumes overwhelmed him. prompt aid by the companion saved him from severe harm during the attempted upfloshing raid.
Sheriff Harry C Wheeler reports two governor issued rewards for Pete Revigna and Ybarra who murdered men in Bisbee and Gleeson in 1912 and 1918. He believes both fugitives found in Mexico but extradition issues delay capture. A Mexican suspect Petro v ine Belsares captured near Agua Prieta and brought to Tombstone. Flores previously held briefly before release. Wheeler warns of possible illegal cross border actions if Mexican authorities fail to extradite.
Cochise county led with 553 births while Maricopa recorded 428 in 1913, making Cochise the banner baby county. Across six months 1867 births occurred in the state with March leading at 352.
Famous auto enthusiast A E Ryen owner of the Owl Drug Store in El Paso, with Clarence Rand and Arthur Hewkin son, traveled from El Paso to Ben Francisco and back in the Bruts Besrcat. The vehicle, second place finisher in the El Paso Phoenix road race, had a fatal accident en route between Douglas and Bisbee in a preliminary run. The trip, described as pleasure, went via Tombstone to Prisco with Ryen continuing the journey.
Jim Firoh and Joe Larriea bought the old slag pile near Benson tied to the 1881 1882 smelter. The pile holds valuable residues from ore and slag that once fed the operation owned briefly by Bolberry with ore from northern Mexico and New Mexico. Bir Finch and Larrieu ponder shipping the slag to El Paso or Douglas for processing.
Barney Booo of Gleeson and Tombstone reports the death of his grandmother Mrs Maria Carlevato in Turin Italy at 103 years. She was mother to Fred Carlevato who passed away in Tombstone years ago, leaving memories of a long life devoted to Christian faith.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a Toledo druggist advertisement offering a blood test product. Names F. J. Obevey and Kusas & Manvis appear with claims of trustworthiness and wholesale distribution. The text mentions bottle pricing and testimonials but is heavily garbled.
Tombstone business leader F N Wolcott, a popular longtime resident, is the subject of a local gubernatorial push in Cochise county. While Wolcott denies any political ambition, supporters insist he has the executive and business experience to lead Ariscon and plan ongoing advocacy across the state.
A Phoenix dispatch reports a new trial ordered in the case John Gleeson versus Mary M Costello executrix. The Superior Court of Cochise County must rehear due to improper jury interrogatories. Judge McAllister wrote the opinion as Justice Cunningham was disqualified. The suit seeks an accounting and a one third undivided interest in mining claims in the turquoise district and challenges a life partnership claim. Local interest has grown with talks of property transfers to Eastern investors, now held in abeyance pending rehearing in Tombstone.
Excitement grows near Benson in Cochise County as claims about twelve miles out from town report rich gold discoveries. Local rumor speaks of a potential main ledge with rich float, suggesting a mother ledge may exist and attract cow claimants to develop the promising site. Development will reveal the true extent.
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